Line-guide.



,V PATENTKED DEG. 5, 1905.

LINE GUIDE.

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EMANUEL F. BUCH, OF MANHEIIVI TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.i

LiNE-GLJIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed July 6, 1905. Serial No. 268,472.

To all whom, it may concern.:

Be' it known that I, EMANUEL F. BUCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manheim township, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and the following is a specification..

This lnventlon relates to improvements in a line-guide of that class inwhich a metallicl plate supports a specially constructed rod and whichplate is secured to the inner surface ofthe front end wall of a closedvehiclebody like that of a milk-wagon or a bakers delivery-wagon. Y

The object of the invention is to provide the bodies of such wagons withline-guides whereby the lines used by the drivers of such wagons may beconveniently adjusted and,

tion and they will be separately or combinedly it appears when detachedfrom Fig.- 1.

set forth or pointedlout in the appended claims. The purposes of theinvention are attained by the devices and means illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, with similar reference characters designatinglike parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion `Xv`rfoftnef inside of a front end wall ofsuch vehicle-body, showing the elements of the invention secured theretowith portions of a pair of lines in place. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view taken on the line w in Fig. 1, showing the parts in placeas they appear when viewed practically from the right. Fig. 3 is adirect elevation of the metallic plate as Fig. 3A is a'direct plan ofsaid plate as it appears when viewed from above in Fig. 8. Fig. 4'

is a direct elevation of thespecially-constructed rod as it appearswhenvdetached from said plate. Fig. 4A is a direct plan of Fig. 4; as itappears when viewed from above. Fig, 5 is a sectional elevation takenonthe line y y in ifg. 4: as it appears when viewed from"the e t.

In the drawings, A. designates the lower portion of the front end wall,which consists of the outside casing a and the inside casing a', whichare rigidly secured to the-sides of a central post A in any approvedmanner and to the usual end posts, (not here shown,) leaving the usualspace or opening a2 between the casings for the purpose of receiving thewindow-sashes when they are lowered for the purpose of opening. theupper portion of said front end wall, which opening is adapted to beclosed by'a lid A2, hinged at its side edge to the inner casing bylhinges A3, secured in place by screws a3, which lid is adapted tosupport the lowerside rails of the sashes when they are lowered for thepurpose of closing the upper portion of said front end wall and havingtheir lower edges provided with cutout recesses ai, adapted to havefreely seated therein the straps of the lines A4, said ycentral postbeing provided in the sides thereof with guide-grooves a5, intofwhichare seated the side posts of the sashes 1, movable up and down therein,andthe post havingatthe required point its body cut away, forming anopening a for the passage of the lines, as will be hereinafterexplained.

Against the inner surface of the casing a', adjacent to the upperedgethereof, is rigidly secured in'any approved manner a base-plate B,having at its upper edge a side-projecting `B', somewhat clevis shape inform, provided For the i with end extended ears 5, through which headedbolts with nuts B0 on their threaded ends serve to secure said bar inplace, the lower ear B0 being placed against the adjacent surface of thebase-plate B, with screws B4L passed th'rough both of said ears adjacentto the ends thereof and tapped into the body of said post. To the bodyof said base-plate B is'adj ustably secured the specially-constructedrod B2, which rod in this instance is made in two parts b3 and b4,projecting upwardly from plates b5, with scroll ends o at the outerextremities thereof and at the inner extremities with inclined bars 2,conforming to the inner f sides of the ears b of the plate B, and in thebodies of the plates b5 are formed horizontallydisposed oblong slots 67,through which bolts and nuts lB3 serve to adjustably secure said partsb3 and b* in place. At the required points said parts are formed withnotches or openings 68 for the purpose of giving passage totheline-straps A4, before mentioned, extendingover said openings. Saidparts are formed with curving arms Z2, having downwardlyprojecting endhooks 510 for the purpose of holding said line-straps in place. Saidparts are also provided with openings Z211 for the purpose of reducingweight.

It will here be remarked that by reason of said opening 52 between theears b and the opening d of the central post Al the linestraps may bechanged at pleasure, so that said straps may occupy places on the rightand left of the central post when so desired.

The invention having thus been ascertained and described and the mannerin which its functions are performed fully shown and set forth, what isconsidered new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

In a line-guard the combination with the lower portion A of the frontend wall having the outside easing d and the inside casing ce with theopen space t2 therebetween, and the hinged lid A2 to cover and uncoversaid open space; the central post A with the cut-out opening a6 throughits body and the sashguide grooves a5 in side edges thereof, with theside posts of the sashes l in engagement with said grooves, said sasheshaving through their under edges in the lowerside rails thereo f theline-guide notches at; the base-plate B, rigidly secured to the surfaceof the inside casing /J/ adjacent to the upper edge thereof, said platehaving the upper-edge side projecting ledge?) with theupwardly-projecting ears b forming therebetween the opening L toregister with the opening rt of the post A', the clevis-shaped bar Bplaced over said opening a and the end ears bo rigidly secured to theadjacent surface of said post with the lower ear bo in contact with theadjacent surface of said plate B; the line-guide rod Br2 comprising theparts 3 and bf projected upward from the plates b5 and by reason'of theoblong slots /f adjustably secured to the body of the baseplate B, saidrod portions having the extreme end scrolls the inner-end inclined barsQ, the line-guide notches b, the curving guidearms with the endretaining-hooks 1, and the weight-reducing openings H; all substantiallyas described and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

EMANUEL F. BUCH. Witnesses:

MABEL L. LEFEVRE, DANL. H. HERR.

